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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cisco Room Series

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AThe Cisco Room Series is a video conferencing solution that wakes up when users walk into a meeting room where it is installed and provides theater-quality voice and video, as well as content sharing from personal devices. For small to medium rooms with 6-8 people, there's Cisco Room 55, and for larger rooms of 7-14 people there's Cisco Room Kit (camera and codec in one device) and Cisco Kit Plus (separate codec plus and quad camera). Any of these systems can be run in the cloud or on-premises.N/A

    Tipalti

    Score7.7 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Tipalti automates critical financial processes to drive efficiency, including accounts payable, mass payments, procurement, and expenses, all on one global finance automation platform that grows with the organization, automating, de-risking and simplifying finance.

    $129

    per month

    Pricing
    Cisco Room SeriesTipalti
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Cisco Room SeriesTipalti
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
    Additional Details—Pricing starts at $149 per month for the platform fee. Users can upgrade to Tipalti's more advanced capabilities as their businesses gets more complex. The Tipalti pricing model is designed to grow with the user's company. Advanced features such as W-8 tax forms, international tax IDs, or multi-entity payables are available as needed.
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    Community Pulse
    Cisco Room SeriesTipalti
    Considered Both Products
    Cisco
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    Tipalti
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    97%
    Would buy again
    86 Answers
    98%
    Would buy again
    94 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    79 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    85 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    87 Answers
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    94 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    72 Answers
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    64 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    82 Answers
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    68 Answers
    Features
    Cisco Room SeriesTipalti
    Payment Management
    Comparison of Payment Management features of Cisco Room Series and Tipalti
    Feature
    Cisco Room Series
    -
    Ratings
    Tipalti
    9.1
    64 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Customizable Approval Policies00 Ratings8.952 Ratings
    Financial Document Management00 Ratings8.749 Ratings
    Payment Status Tracking00 Ratings9.461 Ratings
    Payment Audit Trail00 Ratings9.255 Ratings
    Duplicate Bill Detection00 Ratings9.354 Ratings
    Advanced OCR00 Ratings8.346 Ratings
    Electronic Funds Transfer00 Ratings9.550 Ratings
    Accounts Payable
    Comparison of Accounts Payable features of Cisco Room Series and Tipalti
    Feature
    Cisco Room Series
    -
    Ratings
    Tipalti
    8.6
    56 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Automated Accounts Payable Processes00 Ratings8.953 Ratings
    Vendor Management00 Ratings9.153 Ratings
    Tax Form Preparation00 Ratings7.833 Ratings
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    Score9.1 out of 10
    Stampli
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Score9.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Cisco Room SeriesTipalti
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.1
    (93 ratings)
    9.0
    (103 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    5.0
    (6 ratings)
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    8.6
    (83 ratings)
    9.1
    (79 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.8
    (80 ratings)
    7.3
    (14 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Cisco Room SeriesTipalti
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cisco
    We had a conference room with a Radvision board that needed to be replaced. Our HQ is not fully Cisco but rather a mish mash of different products such as Rally bars, Poly, Radviison and Cisco. Putting Cisco into the conference room allowed us to have a single pane of glass for our needs.
    Incentivized
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    Tipalti
    I would tell them that it manually syncs to ERPS. Additionally I would include the fact that you can pay multiple entities in one pay run allowing to be very efficient. I would also include that they can add rules to bill approvals or set up auto payments for certain vendors. Lastly, there are many reports you can run providing you will very informational data in seconds.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Cisco
    • Captures everyone in the room with its wide angle camera automatically.
    • Counts the number of people in the video meeting.
    • Puts the camera focus on the person who is speaking.
    • Enhances the live meeting video experience with its AI features.
    • Removes the overheads of manually setting up cameras and adjusting them.
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    Tipalti
    • Tipalti has a very user friendly interface, clearly laid out and easy to navigate
    • The audit trail feature is hugely helpful to track an invoice's progress through the system
    • Being able to schedule invoices to be paid exactly on their due date ensures we pay on time but not earlier than necessary
    • We were able to put in strong controls around changes to vendor data
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    Cons
    Cisco
    • Perhaps any downside I might see is not necessarily with this product, it's more interoperability with other products. And I think these are all roadmap items that are being addressed. For instance, when you're in a Cisco meeting, it's not as feature rich as it might be as if you joined from a computer. However, as I said, these seem to be roadmap items which are coming along soon. Things like integration with the text or chat rather in a meeting, and also whiteboard integration.
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    Tipalti
    • The report that provides the "Not payable" vendors does not work well for us, particularly because the sync to our ERP goes both ways, which means all of the employees also sync over to Tipalti and remain as Not Payable. So the list is very long, and I don't find a good use for it.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Cisco
    By the time we are up for an upgrade, this particular series of products might not even been in the market. The typical product cycle for such products in the market are about 5 years. More importantly, the codec supported by such devices may also change by the time we are up for an upgrade. Even so, getting this system to a level of functionality we require was a frustrating ordeal that I do not look forward to during the next cycle.
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    Tipalti
    Solid system performance. Suits our needs and solution provider very inclined to accept feedback and involve users in developing the solution to serve both the provider and the ultimate user. Tipalti has streamlined our process that was previously very manual and prone to error. Now there is transparency of information and role.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Cisco
    A lot of the features are really easy. You can just click connect and you're in. But using all of these other integrations and all these other features that are there, it's kind of the blind leading the blind as to how we use it. So it's probably the downside of it.
    Incentivized
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    Tipalti
    Two-time Tipalti selector, implementor, and user. The payment features in the app saves many steps in the payment process. No longer do you have to set-up or upload payment information to your bank and then go back to your accounting system and mark items as paid. Tipalti does all of this with a click of a mouse. The payment feature is the stand out feature. Many vendors can process your invoices. Look at how at the payment process of others.....you will see.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Cisco
    Once the order was place we received very quickly
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    Tipalti
    Tipalti has always been responsive to our questions and concerns.
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    Performance
    Cisco
    Great product with a great user experience
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    Tipalti
    No issues here. Generally has been pretty fast.
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    Support Rating
    Cisco
    Cisco has always stood out for the excellent support and documentation on its products, this is one of the reasons why they are so well positioned. The means by which you can create a case and the response times are very good. I especially like the support through the Webex teams.
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    Tipalti
    Since I also work in customer support, I often have to contact Tipalti's team with questions from our users. Tipalti's support team has always been exceptionally helpful and it was a pleasure to communicate with them. I have always received prompt responses to any inquiries and they are excellent at solving our customers' issues within a short time
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    Online Training
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    Tipalti
    Tipalti provides great How to online guide
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    Implementation Rating
    Cisco
    Very easy to implement. Integration into our Unified Communications platform was simple and quick
    Incentivized
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    Tipalti
    The salesperson involved was involved in implementation which I found very helpful.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Cisco
    As a partner, I always used mainly Cisco products and offered them to my customers. I have personal experience with Avaya, Team and polycom but non of them provided me with the Premium feelings which Cisco does. Even the product quality and look of the product by itself gives you the premium experience. But I want to mention that Polycom has some features and easy setup which Cisco lacks sometimes. It is mainly 3rd party integration.
    Incentivized
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    Tipalti
    From initial implementation through to user experience, Tipalti has been able to exceed our expectations in terms of its functionality and useability. We have found with other systems implemented in the past they did not match our expectations which resulted in us terminating these services.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    Tipalti
    I did not make the decision to purchase this product.
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    Scalability
    Cisco
    The product and backend systems are designed to scale from small to very large organization seamlessly and easily
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    Tipalti
    We were given the option of only one integration.
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    Return on Investment
    Cisco
    • The Cisco MTRoA solution has reduced the time it takes for our users to join their meeting and spend more time concentrating on business rather than the technology.
    • It simply works.
    • Ease of support.
    • We also appreciate the great support we get from intelligent folks in Cisco TAC organization.
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    Tipalti
    • Vendor onboarding has taken the responsibility from one person to the Vendor directly. This provides the vendor with the ability to enter their own banking information for payments and upload their Federal W9 form.
    • Vendors can upload their own invoices to the system, taking the possibility that our AP team did not receive an emailed or mailed invoice to upload. This also increases payment efficiency as the vendor's invoice is processed in a more timely manner.
    • AP can review invoices for accuracy and concentrate on how to code an invoice, rather than be a paper pusher or a data entry clerk. AP doesn't spend time searching for invoices that might be a duplicate, the system will communicate this on the software review process and if AP has uploaded by email the same invoice multiple times, an email will be sent to AP to indicate that the invoice was not uploaded due to duplication.
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    ScreenShots

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    Tipalti Screenshots

    Screenshot of Intelligent invoicing workflowScreenshot of Mobile approvals for invoices and paymentsScreenshot of Brandable self-service supplier portal (including handling tax forms)Screenshot of Brandable self-service portal to collect and validate payment detailsScreenshot of Combined payment methods, currencies, and entities in a single payment fileScreenshot of an early payment, which can be offered to suppliers through email or the supplier portal